Shower The People You Love With Love

Today is our first baby shower!  This is the fun one, thrown by friends, without any weird goo-goo gah-gah talk.  Super excited to see some old friends, drink some drinks and listen to some God Damn Grateful Dead.  Pictures later……

Add comment May 30th, 2009

A List Of Important Things To Do Very Soon

1. Schedule our first “real” prenatal visit with our doula.
2. Schedule a tour of the labor and delivery facilities we will be using.  
3. Figure out what the hell we’re going to do with the k9s while we’re out for Phish and the shower thrown by my family.

Add comment May 28th, 2009

My Week In Tweets For 2009-05-27

• Bored in Columbus?Come to Trader Joes Dublin for a “Cali Dreamin” wine tasting!$1 gets ya 3 samples, from 5-7. Were doin it every Thursday. #
• #startrek was great in IMAX. #
• After a productive AM at the inagural Clintonville mkt, we garage saled, & I got a sweet old cassette 4 track. I’ve wanted 1 since I was 13. #
• Garage sale killer 5$ find http://yfrog.com/0xkaixj #
• Raised on the Dead. A great piece about growing up as Deadhead from the Yakima Herald http://l.thedeadblog.com/diq3 (via @thedeadblog) in reply to thedeadblog #
• @madebyamyD oh noes! in reply to madebyamyD #
• @LoJack I was wondering where I leftthat jar! in reply to LoJack #
• @LoJack nope. Off fri and sats. in reply to LoJack #
• This day just keeps making me stabbier and stabbier. #
• Loves his bird feeder. Why did we wait so long to get one? I could watch these dudes all day. #
• Today, doves showed up for the first time. Common, but so sweet and pretty. #
• @rothfest huh? in reply to rothfest #
• Ah ha, Mercury is in Retrograde. That explains everything. http://www.astrologycom.com/mercret.html (via @andygadiel) in reply to andygadiel #
• @slimgoodies methinks thou are in dire need of a blood letting. I shall gather leeches. in reply to slimgoodies #

Add comment May 27th, 2009

Testing, Testing

We got the call yesterday that Tori failed her one hour glucose test. In essence this means that her body failed to metabolize the “glucola” that she drank in one hour. She returns for a more accurate test next week. The cut off for pass/fail is 140, and she posted 144. 85% of women who fail the one hour test pass the three hour test, so we’re not too worried about gestational diabetes. The only bad thing is that there are some diabetic tendenencies in her family, but I think we’ll be in the clear.

Add comment May 23rd, 2009

Clintonville Market Kick Off

Woke up early and headed to the first Clintonville Farmer’s Market with a friend this morning.  Loaded up on goodies!  

Add comment May 23rd, 2009

28 Weeks

Well, ladies and gentlemen, it’s here.  Tori has officially cruised into the third trimester.  Not that I had any worries, it’s almost like she’s done this before.  Tori has a calm, cool way about her pregnant self, and if you know her it’s hard not to notice it.   I had a lot of deep seated worries when we found out she was with child.   I was concerned that the uncomfortable side effects of the pregnancy might be too much.  I hate, hate, hate seeing my wife unhappy, especially if it’s due to physical pain or emotional duress.  I know we have a few months to go; but I feel very assured that she feels secure, comfortable (in love with, actually) with her pregnant body, and truly blessed to be creating this child.  She doesn’t even really have bad days…just bad hour-or-twos now and then.    

Here’s a list of interesting things I’ve seen or noticed:

• She does the “hand lovingly on top of the belly” thing that every pregnant woman I have even know does.  I think it’s one of the most cutest damn things I’ve ever seen.
• The belly sticks out further than the boobs.  Cool milestone.
• The thing about “pregnancy brain”  is true.  For the most part, Tori is sharper than ever before.  But every once in a while, she just blanks on stuff.  Like her address.  
• Tiny E is moving around like crazy in there.  Rather than feeling wavy movents, I can feel limbs now.  
• I rather expected to have some gut feeling on the sex of our baby, but nope.  Nothing. Nada.  Tori, on the other hand, has had some intuition…

Tomorrow morning we’re headed to the doc for Tori’s gestational diabetes screen.  She’ll have to go easy on food tomorrow, so tonight we grilled and hung out in the backyard for a while.    She looked so beautiful in the setting sunlight, and I took some photos by our blooming bizarro lilac tree.  

1 comment May 20th, 2009

My Week In Tweets For 2009-05-20

• The perfect wine for tonight – Jacobs Creek #LOST #
• Fucking AMPED for #LOST tonight. Commence drinking, dessert preperation. #
• @orchidarea where all you getting all this cool #Clintonville news? I hope they pave my jank alley. in reply to orchidarea #
• RT @orchidarea: #Clintonville between Weber and Arcadia is getting repaved. Yay! http://tinyurl.com/o2ecz #
• GO BUCKS! RT @LynchOSU: Today marks 2,000 days since we last lost to Michigan in football. http://tinyurl.com/ocwrwh (via @AmandaNBC4) in reply to AmandaNBC4 #
• Today is a good day. My lucky day? I haven’t even had to use my AK. #
• A very difficult situation at work (one that has plauged me for years) was “resolved” today. All praise his noodly goodness. #
• Heading to Fremont OH to slay #whitebass. McDonalds chicken biscut in mah bellay. #
• Back on CBus. Bass harvest #fail. http://yfrog.com/0kiu3j #
• @madebyamyD Great to finally meet you at #Agora yesterday! in reply to madebyamyD #
• @oliveandbean well, happy birthday, Alina! I owe u a madaline next time we meet. in reply to oliveandbean #
• RT@ColsUnderground: Agora 6 Photo Review, courtesy of @jen_k – http://ow.ly/7tA2 #
• @LoJack oh no! What’s it smell like? Filthy hippies? What’s trashed? in reply to LoJack #
• Radiohead Working On New Album http://tinyurl.com/qw666s (via @jambase) in reply to jambase #
• @LoJack we won’t need one for baby until 6 months from now at the earliest, but Im looking for one big enough to close off my front porch. in reply to LoJack #
• Beatbox Battle World Champ 2009 (PS it’s a cute girl, and she is AMAZING) http://bit.ly/3wmjzg #

Add comment May 20th, 2009

My Week In Tweets For 2009-05-13

• @LoJack finally! Good thing u have lots of back door experience! in reply to LoJack #
• thanks @sproutsoup for the diaper class tonight! You alleviated many of my fears and concerns! #
• RT (kinda) @bayinghound: Clintonville Rocks! (I concur!) #
• Happy 5/8 to all my GD fam… http://bit.ly/YIiLJ #
• RT @quizbot RT Grateful Dead – 32 Years ago today > Cornell ’77 Best show ever? http://bit.ly/CUk5t #
• April showers bring http://yfrog.com/0rim5jj #
• #followfriday @jambase @lisathewaitress @bayinghound @quizbot @thedeadblog @studio35 @traderjoes @hellojodi @oliveandbean @tinybuddah #
• #followfriday (oops) try @tinybuddha #
• Spent the day prepping for a baby shower we’re throwing tomorrow. Almost forgot to eat! This babe is gonna know that it’s family from day 1. #
• Loving twitterific 2.0 for iPhone! #
• @bayinghound it’s actually for a good friend, @meepsmom. I wouldn’t want you to think i threw a shower for Tori and I! in reply to bayinghound #
• @oliveandbean nope, dudes and special lady friends alike are coming. in reply to oliveandbean #
• Wow, tweets about baby showers get lots of @ replys! #thingsididntknowabouttwitter #
• Homemade sloppy joes and roasted sweet potatos FTW. #
• I made the admittedly poor dexision to watch Mamma Mia w/ pregnant wife. Browsing wikipedia Star Trek stuff instead. But dont let her know. #
• RT @jpdefillippo: RT @fejsez: http://whythefuckdoyouhaveakid.com/ (via @xenijardin) in reply to xenijardin #
• leave non-perishables by your mailbox today & the mailman will pick them up today for the mid ohio food bank. (via @lizless)#columbusOH in reply to lizless #
• RT@thedeadblog Happy 32nd anniv. of the GD in BFLO 5/9/77-my very biased, yet justified fav from the legendary May ’77 run http://tr.im/kUra #
• Man, spammers are using trending topics to promote Jesus now. Worse than getting rickrolled is getting JEEBUSROLLED. #fuckingspammers #
• (example) @hi215 GO TO: http://HEAVENTRUTH.ORG < Star Trek #f1 #StarTrek #oddplacenames Mothers Day #openhacklondon Swine Flu Dollhouse #
• Happy Mother’s Day to all my beautiful mama friends, and soon-to-be beautiful mamas. #
• mmm…5/9/77 Help>Slip>Frank = Magically Delicious. #gratefuldead #
• Creating Baby Shower playlist. My iTunes library has a LOT of songs with “baby” in the title. #
• Worst offender: The Dead Milkmen “Let’s Get The Baby High”, followed closely by Krauss/Harris “Didn’t Leave Nobody But The Baby” #
• Columbus digs weed and gambling. Actually, that’s not surprising. http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2009/05/04/daily39.html #
• @lisathewaitress no pill, but this should work. -Dr. Internet http://bit.ly/1cgIB in reply to lisathewaitress #
• @LoJack kinda funny that you bought a bed yesterday and ended up sleeping on my couch! in reply to LoJack #
• @lojack re:ideas from yesterday… http://bit.ly/7qRds #
• Indeed. RT @MRothenberg:Rest In Peace Bob Marley May 11, 1981 (via @thedeadblog) in reply to thedeadblog #
• Watching a great Hillbilly program on the History channel. http://bit.ly/1192LP #
• @lisathewaitress are you at that employee owned mexican place? If so (and maybe if not) ask about paw-paw beer. in reply to lisathewaitress #
• MySQL noob needs help installing Gallery2 to a dreamhoat domain. Anyone want to talk me through this? #
• @rothbury dude, u gotta stop signing your tweets. Unnecessary and awkward. in reply to rothbury #
• @rothbury or maybe you should start your own acc’t…@rothburydon? Not sure, but the -don is weird! No room for sigs in 140 chars. in reply to rothbury #
• @MeepsMom make sure that dingo doesn’t eat your baby. #couldnthelpmyself in reply to MeepsMom #

Add comment May 13th, 2009

Daft Punk Is Playing In My Wife

As I fiddle around trying to get my Gallery2 install up and running here at IF@B, I am overwhelmed at the music that my wife is making  on the couch next to me.  She moved into the third trimester today (depending who you ask) and the symphony of noise erupting from her gastroesophageal tract is simply amazing.  It’s a sort of new-age post-industrial composition; consisting of mellow groans and ambient belching neatly blended with a folksy sigh now and then.

1 comment May 12th, 2009

The Not-So-Great Diaper Debate

I’m home sick with a stomach bug today, and since I’m already on the couch I figured a bit of blogging would make me feel productive.  

We “did” our registry a couple of weeks ago, but didn’t have an idea what we were planing on doing for diapers.  We’ve leaned towards cloth, but really needed some help to figure everything out.  When we went to Sprout Soup in Clintonville to shop for a friends shower, it didn’t make a lick of sense, even with a list in our hands!  We bought a sprayer and a gift certificate, figuring that mommy and daddy could make the calls on all-in-one, prefold, PUL covers and whatever else they need.  One of the owners pointed out that there was a class coming up next week, so we signed up.  Tori and I returned to Sprout Soup for the Cloth Diaper 101 class last week, and it may be the best decision we’ve made yet.  Our options are a lot clearer now, and we feel like we have a handle on it.  I still think it’s overwhelming for the average, non-diapering people, so I don’t think we’ll actually set up a registry there.  

When you get down to it, we think cloth is a better option for baby’s well being, and our pocketbook.  There’s a link here for anyone who cares to look into this more, but it seems like cloth provides a substantial savings over the first few years.  To get going, we’ll just need about 40 unbleached prefolds, some water”proof” wool or fleece pants, some snappis, a diaper pail and some good clean soap.  Hell, if that jerkass Dave Matthews can do it, so can we… 

Here are some links if you’re interested…

• Consumer Reports article on cloth diapers
• Diaperpin.com, a fantastic resource for questions, answers and reviews.
• Another nice long article, this time from mothering.com.

Add comment May 11th, 2009